What! Why are we unacceptable?

[Sunday21]

https://youtu.be/BX_0-SoMDcg

Why are we unacceptable? This like the time when we were discussing dress standards at work and a senior executive said, ‘We don’t want to look like Mormons’. What! Why not?

[Vort]

It's supposed to be funny. I carefully watched the entire thing, and I didn't even crack a smile. Not once. Despite MormonGator's protestations, I'm not humorless. I just expect something to be funny before I laugh at it. There was not one moment of funniness in that strangely unfunny clip. Maybe I just lack the New York-informed background to find their "jokes" hilarious.

[Guest MormonGator]

Ah, @Vort. From the day of his birth, he never knew mirth. 

I didn't find it funny, but I didn't find it offensive either. Just smile and move on. At least they tried. 

Edited April 30, 2018 by MormonGator

[NeuroTypical]

I enjoy the heck out of this guy's videos.  Mormons aren't really his audience, and maybe only 20% or so of his stuff we really 'get'.  Everything else we have sort of a foundational disconnect around.

Matthew 18:20 "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."   If you think that's the definition of "church", this guy is talking to you, and you'll be a better Christian for watching his videos and bettering yourself accordingly. 

Edited April 30, 2018 by NeuroTypical

[Fether]

1 hour ago, Vort said:

It's supposed to be funny. I carefully watched the entire thing, and I didn't even crack a smile. Not once. Despite MormonGator's protestations, I'm not humorless. I just expect something to be funny before I laugh at it. There was not one moment of funniness in that strangely unfunny clip. Maybe I just lack the New York-informed background to find their "jokes" hilarious.

When I experience this same sensation, I tend just to click the back button. it is a little less tedious than your approach but to each their own I guess

 

[JohnsonJones]

I got most of it.  It's funny enough to be entertaining.  Not enough to laugh at, but most humor these days is not enough to laugh at.  This video exemplifies how millenials who are Non-denominational Christians find a church. 

It does not apply to the Southern Baptists...they'd either find a Southern Baptist church (though there are a lot of choices in the South for that, not so much elsewhere), or a Baptist church that was agreeable instead of looking at the vast number of other churches.  It does not apply to the Presbyterian...normally they'd go to the congregation that was part of their specific church in the area.  It does not really apply to those who are dedicated Methodists (though probably to the less dedicated Methodists) as they would go to the Methodist congregation that was part of their church in the area (so a UMC would go to a UMC congregation).

It mostly applies to the Non-Denominational type of Christians who go looking for a church that "fits" when they seek a church out. 

Edited April 30, 2018 by JohnsonJones

[NeuroTypical]

So, if that one didn't do it for you, try this one.  This was actually filmed at the New Life Church in Colo Springs, where my wife did homeschool co-op with our daughters for several years.  I think I know the people mentioned at 0:50.

 

[Vort]

This guy simply doesn't do it for me. Not funny. But at least now I understand why non-Mormons talk about us doing "mission trips".

 

[NeuroTypical]

I've been spoiled in examples of Christians doing 'mission trips'.  My old boss many years ago was one of these zealous Christians, we had many wonderful discussions over lunch across years.  He and his wife decided one year to just stop doing the whole US-work-for-salary thing, they sold most of their worldly possessions, took their 2 yr old, and moved to Thailand.  Where apparently the greatest population of un-Bibled people on earth lived (or something).  I got to watch this idea grow to fruition during our lunches.  

I read dude's newsletters for a few years as they progressed.  He ended up putting his business organization skills to good use, and founded a company that specialized in "Gathering, Guiding, Unifying" mission organizations in Thailand.  Looks like he's still there: www.teamunity.net

I bet he'd find these videos hilarious, and could probably talk for two hours straight about how these people really exist, and how he helps them along.

Dude worked really, really hard at not being rude at me because I was one of those Mormons.  He obviously had much to say on the topic, but never let me hear it.  I took it as a sign of respect.

Edited April 30, 2018 by NeuroTypical

[Maureen]

I've only checked out the first video and I liked it. I thought it was funny.

M.

[Sunday21]

Very Cross!!!!

Reading a report at work today on attitudes of different societal groups. It lists groups:Christians, Jews, Buddishists...(at the end of the list) Other (includes New Age, Mormon, Rastifarians).

Very annoyed! 😡

Edited May 10, 2018 by Sunday21

[NeuroTypical]

Heh.  Sometimes folks get us confused with Scientologists.  It's always nice to hear when they spend an extra two seconds looking, they usually get pleasantly surprised about us.

[JayKi]

Would you go to baptist church on holiday ?

[pam]

I just watched it and went...meh.   I kept waiting for the punch line.

[JayKi]

On 4/30/2018 at 6:26 PM, Vort said:

It's supposed to be funny. I carefully watched the entire thing, and I didn't even crack a smile. Not once. Despite MormonGator's protestations, I'm not humorless. I just expect something to be funny before I laugh at it. There was not one moment of funniness in that strangely unfunny clip. Maybe I just lack the New York-informed background to find their "jokes" hilarious.

Is was funny  the Jericho joke was hilarious. 

[Guest MormonGator]

14 minutes ago, JayKi said:

Would you go to baptist church on holiday ?

Yes. After all, if I invite someone to my church don't I have to show them the same respect? 

[JayKi]

15 minutes ago, MormonGator said:

Yes. After all, if I invite someone to my church don't I have to show them the same respect? 

Yes I didn't been to baptist church but I went to Catholic school in Costa Rica so I been Catholic Church many time. Now I mainly try only to go to LDS Church only go Catholic Church if there family christening there or wedding. 

[Guest MormonGator]

2 minutes ago, JayKi said:

Yes I didn't been to baptist church but I went to Catholic school in Costa Rica so I been Catholic Church many time. Now I mainly try only to go to LDS Church only go Catholic Church if there family christening there or wedding. 

Yup, I'm the same way. After all, asking someone to do something you wouldn't do makes you a bit of a hypocrite. If you ask someone to go to your church, you better be willing to do the same. 

[zil]

50 minutes ago, Sunday21 said:

Very Cross!!!!

Reading a report at work today on attitudes of different societal groups. It lists groups:Christians, Jews, Buddishists...(at the end of the list) Other (includes New Age, Mormon, Rasifarian).

Very annoyed! 😡

Why?  Regretting your choice not to become a Rastafarian?

[Vort]

44 minutes ago, JayKi said:

Is was funny  the Jericho joke was hilarious. 

To each his own. The Jericho comment was by far the cleverest, funniest part of the video. It didn't even rate a smile. I mean, that's the kind of off-the-cuff comment I might make to my wife just to see her eyes roll.

I laugh only when I find something entertainingly funny and clever. Guess my standards are just too darn high.

[Guest MormonGator]

1 minute ago, Vort said:

Guess my standards are just too darn high.

That, or my assessment of you not having a sense of humor in the first place was correct. 

[Vort]

14 minutes ago, MormonGator said:

Yup, I'm the same way. After all, asking someone to do something you wouldn't do makes you a bit of a hypocrite. If you ask someone to go to your church, you better be willing to do the same. 

I tend to agree, but on reflection maybe not. I might offer a friend of my child, one from a horrible, abusive home, to allow a sleepover, though I would have no intention of allowing my own child to reciprocate such an invitation.

[Guest MormonGator]

1 minute ago, Vort said:

I tend to agree, but on reflection maybe not. I might offer a friend of my child, one from a horrible, abusive home, to allow a sleepover, though I would have no intention of allowing my own child to reciprocate such an invitation.

Oh by all means, there are exceptions my friend. The one you described was certainly one of them. 

For the most part though, don't expect people to take your invitations seriously (and this goes for everyone, not just @Vort of course) if you can't be bothered to do the same thing for them. 

[JayKi]

15 minutes ago, Vort said:

To each his own. The Jericho comment was by far the cleverest, funniest part of the video. It didn't even rate a smile. I mean, that's the kind of off-the-cuff comment I might make to my wife just to see her eyes roll.

I laugh only when I find something entertainingly funny and clever. Guess my standards are just too darn high.

You not find Jehovah witness joke funny? In my medical opinion you lack funny bone

[Guest MormonGator]

4 minutes ago, JayKi said:

You not find Jehovah witness joke funny? In my medical opinion you lack funny bone

In my medical opinion you need to focus more on medical studies before we take your medical opinion seriously.